Hello, in my program I use 2-dimensional arrays to hold two integer values
for each of i members of a list. array[i][0] holds a starting
position, and array[i][1] holds a label - in fact I #defined START as 0
and LABEL as 1 so I can just write
array[i][START] = whatever
array[i][LABEL] = whatever
(I declared array like this:
int array[MAXLENGTH][2];
)
I want to compare two arrays to see which is "best", first by comparing
the START values (at the first difference, the lower one is better), then
the LABEL values for each member (same rule). So I made a function
"arraycmp" which I invoke with the two arrays and a length. The function
should return <0 if the first array is better, >0 if the second array is
better, and 0 if they are the same. Here's my function:
arraycmp(int T[][], int S[][], int len)
{
int i;
for (i=0;i<len;i++)
if (T[i][START] != S[i][START])
return (T[i][START]-S[i][START]);
for (i=0;i<len;i++)
if (T[i][LABEL] != S[i][LABEL])
return (T[i][LABEL]-S[i][LABEL]);
return 0;
}
When I compile my program, gcc says this:
invalid use of array with unspecified bounds
Could someone tell me how to fix this please? Many thanks --Jeremy 5 1635
jeremy targett wrote: Hello, in my program I use 2-dimensional arrays to hold two integer values for each of i members of a list. array[i][0] holds a starting position, and array[i][1] holds a label - in fact I #defined START as 0 and LABEL as 1 so I can just write
array[i][START] = whatever array[i][LABEL] = whatever
(I declared array like this:
int array[MAXLENGTH][2]; )
I want to compare two arrays to see which is "best", first by comparing the START values (at the first difference, the lower one is better), then the LABEL values for each member (same rule). So I made a function "arraycmp" which I invoke with the two arrays and a length. The function should return <0 if the first array is better, >0 if the second array is better, and 0 if they are the same. Here's my function:
arraycmp(int T[][], int S[][], int len) { int i; for (i=0;i<len;i++) if (T[i][START] != S[i][START]) return (T[i][START]-S[i][START]); for (i=0;i<len;i++) if (T[i][LABEL] != S[i][LABEL]) return (T[i][LABEL]-S[i][LABEL]); return 0; }
When I compile my program, gcc says this:
invalid use of array with unspecified bounds
Try...
int arraycmp(int T[][2], int S[][2], int len)
Arrays are just sequences. The language semantics don't require that
arrays be passed with hidden info such as it's dimension. In fact, the
language doesn't allow arrays to be passed at all. Instead, arrays
generally decay to pointers when used within expression (although
there are exceptions like when they are applied to & or sizeof.)
Whilst you can write a declaration like...
int foo(X somearray[])
....this is implicitly treated as...
int foo(X *somearray);
So you're not really passing an array, rather you're passing a
pointer to the first element.
This applies even if X itself is an array, but it _only_ applies to the
first dimension of an array parameter.
In your sample function declaration, consider what the statement
T[1] is meant to mean. It means the second array of ints in the
sequence, but since you haven't told the compiler how many elements
there are in that sequence (in this case 2), how is the compiler
to determine where the first sequence ends and the next one begins?
If you supply the [2], then compiler knows that X[1] is two ints
from the beginning of X and it can proceed.
--
Peter
jeremy targett <jt@elsewhere.c om> wrote: arraycmp(int T[][], int S[][], int len)
You're only allowed to leave the first dimension unspecified. So,
change that to:
arraycmp(int T[][2], int S[][2], int len)
and you'll be in business.
-Larry Jones
It's going to be a long year. -- Calvin
jeremy targett wrote on 30/07/05 : int array[MAXLENGTH][2];
arraycmp(int T[][], int S[][], int len) {
int arraycmp(int T[MAXLENGTH][2], int S[MAXLENGTH][2], size_t len)
{
or
int arraycmp(int T[][2], int S[][2], size_t len)
{
Note that the return type has to be explicit with C99. Also that the
correct type for a size is ... size_t!
--
Emmanuel
The C-FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/faq.html
The C-library: http://www.dinkumware.com/refxc.html
..sig under repair
Peter Nilsson <ai***@acay.com .au> wrote: jeremy targett wrote:
[snip] arraycmp(int T[][], int S[][], int len)
[snip] invalid use of array with unspecified bounds
Try...
int arraycmp(int T[][2], int S[][2], int len)
Thanks, Peter, for the great explanation - it made perfect sense. Thanks
Lawrence also, and anyone else who answered.
--Jeremy
In article <dc**********@u s23.unix.fas.ha rvard.edu>, jeremy targett wrote: Hello, in my program I use 2-dimensional arrays to hold two integer values for each of i members of a list. array[i][0] holds a starting position, and array[i][1] holds a label - in fact I #defined START as 0 and LABEL as 1 so I can just write
array[i][START] = whatever array[i][LABEL] = whatever
(I declared array like this:
int array[MAXLENGTH][2]; )
I want to compare two arrays to see which is "best", first by comparing the START values (at the first difference, the lower one is better), then the LABEL values for each member (same rule). So I made a function "arraycmp" which I invoke with the two arrays and a length. The function should return <0 if the first array is better, >0 if the second array is better, and 0 if they are the same. Here's my function:
arraycmp(int T[][], int S[][], int len) { int i; for (i=0;i<len;i++) if (T[i][START] != S[i][START]) return (T[i][START]-S[i][START]); for (i=0;i<len;i++) if (T[i][LABEL] != S[i][LABEL]) return (T[i][LABEL]-S[i][LABEL]); return 0; }
When I compile my program, gcc says this:
invalid use of array with unspecified bounds
Could someone tell me how to fix this please? Many thanks --Jeremy
to make it compile (and probably work) change the definition of the
function to
arraycmp(int T[][2], int S[][2], int len)
but you'd probably be better off doing it this way
typedef struct {int label,start} thingtype;
thingtype array [MAXLENRTH]
//...//
arraycmp(thingt ype T[], thingtype S[][], int len)
{
int i;
for (i=0;i<len;i++)
if (T[i].start != S[i].start)
return (T[i][START]-S[i][START]);
for (i=0;i<len;i++)
if (T[i].label != S[i].label)
return (T[i].label-S[i].label);
return 0;
}
On the other hand memcmp(T,S,size of(int[2]) * len) could be used if
equality/inequality is the only significance of the result.
--
Bye.
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